Gerald Proper, January 1, 2012

7:21 Pm Well, it has been a long day. One of the longer ones I have experienced in the last 22 New Years days. Pity? No! Realization. As I write this journal entry I am tired, mentally, physically and spiritually. I looked into the mirror today to shave and saw the dark circles that sum…

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LeRoy Sodorff, February 22, 2012

In my salad days, I was raised on a farm. Times were tough and we had to tighten our belts quite often even though I was surrounded by a bunch of animals much like I am today. Daddy would strut out to the lumber mill to work for chicken feed, but he always managed to…

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Sean Poulton, January 23, 2012

Sometimes I wonder if it’s worth it. I mean opening our hearts and allowing ourselves to be open to love and pain. I mean they go hand in hand and I’ve yet to see one without the other. Then I think of the two times I’ve been truly in love and I know, I’d never…

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Kathryn Oliver, January 27, 2012

Thank God it’s Friday! No Kidding. What’s the difference in one day and the next anyway! Some days I have Church and some days I don’t. No, something else. Some days we have mail and some days we don’t. No, something else. Some days one of my dorm mates move out, go to the hospital,…

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Journal May 13, 2012

Aaron Pons May 13, 2012 12:11 pm Going back to when I was about seven years old, I always loved being outside. We lived in a house with woods around us for miles around. I’m not talking about woods that are sparse and thin, I’m talking about dense, dark woods, teeming with life, a place…

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Where was I, where am I?

Kathryn Oliver January 17, 2012 Maybe forgetfulness is not out of the ordinary for 70 year olds. My grandmother is 99 and she still sounds sharp in her letters! Of course her handwriting cannot be read, but at least she writes. None of my sons seem to know how. I have 4 of them but…

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